CVE-2002-1169 EXPLOIT
5.0
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 7.1% (pctl 94)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
IBM Web Traffic Express Caching Proxy Server 3.6 and 4.x before 4.0.1.26 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an HTTP request to helpout.exe with a missing HTTP version number, which causes ibmproxy.exe to crash.
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| EPSS | 7.12% — more likely to be exploited than 94% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2002-11-04 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| ibm | websphere caching proxy server |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | IBM Websphere Caching Proxy 3.6/4.0 - Denial of Service | 2002-10-18 |
References
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY35970&apar=only
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10452.php
- http://www.osvdb.org/2090
- http://www.rapid7.com/advisories/R7-0007.txt
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6002
- http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY35970&apar=only
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10452.php
- http://www.osvdb.org/2090
- http://www.rapid7.com/advisories/R7-0007.txt
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6002
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